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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...
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That’s from the most recent time I did steak for dinner. It was NY Strip*, served with oven roasted potatoes and some sauteed... -
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Yeah, a lot of looking at the character sheets after that first hideous death, in my experience. "Huh, so our hit points are about the... -
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At GenCon last year, I preordered the Table of Adventure, the new D&D branded table from Game Theory Tables. It finally arrived... -
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I'm sorry about your tables. I was not speaking on your behalf, only on @GothmogIV's, as I said. As per the thread title, I was...
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On Drive Thru RPG We have several hundred out of print products available in pdf for a cut price rate of a few dollars each Something we... -
overgeeked reacted to Spellslinging Sellsword's post in the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In? with Like.
I think it is easier to start with something like Basic/Expert rules and add things to it than it is to start with 5th edition and...
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The sense of lethality and danger. The reward for treasure over monster XP. When you feel like there's a real risk of your PC dying, it...
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overgeeked reacted to Knaves Quill's post in the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In? with Like.
I have zero nostalgia for D&D of yesteryear, but I find the creativity and freedom inherent in the space really fun and inspiring. I...
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I got into the hobby in the 90s — the 1106 D&D tan box and AD&D 2nd Edition — and the way everyone around me played was trad. Plotlines...
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GGarrettKP reacted to Brendan Byrd's post in the thread D&D General The Official D&D Table of Adventure with Like.
The dice tower buttresses are a clever idea. I assume that the one furthest has its’ tray on the DM’s side of the screen(?)
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overgeeked reacted to GothmogIV's post in the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In? with Like.
I can only speak for myself (naturally!), but I read a comment on Reddit a few years back that summarized my feelings about OSR vs 5e...
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overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In? with Like.
I can only speak for @GothmogIV, but I like the fact that the answers to the challenges in the game aren't based on what's on your...
